Durchholzen is a village in the municipality of
Walchsee in the Austrian state of
Tyrol
Tyrol (; historically the Tyrole; de-AT, Tirol ; it, Tirolo) is a historical region in the Alps - in Northern Italy and western Austria. The area was historically the core of the County of Tyrol, part of the Holy Roman Empire, Austrian Emp ...
and has 570 inhabitants.
Geography
Durchholzen lies around 3 km southwest of the municipal centre of Walchsee. The lowest point in the parish is Durchholzen (Schmiedtal) at 650 m, the highest is the
Pyramidenspitze mountain at
Besides the village of Durchholzen, the hamlet of Seetal, the settlements of Sonnleiten and Liesfeld, and several individual farmsteads and alms are also within the parish.
The street names in the village are Durchholzen,
Hochberg, Kaiserw
Liesfeld, Lindenw
Moosen und Sonnleit
History
Durchholzen is first mentioned around 1141 on the occasion of a transfer of ownership to
Wessobrunn Abbey, where it is recorded as ''Durchholsen''.
In the oldest Bavarian ducal
urbarium
An urbarium (german: Urbar, English: ''urbarium'', also ''rental'' or ''rent-roll'', pl, urbarz, sk, urbár, hu, urbárium), is a register of fief ownership and includes the rights and benefits that the fief holder has over his serfs and peasant ...
, which dates to 1231/34, it is recorded within the abbey's estate as ''Durchholtz''.
Tourism
In summer the
Sommerrodelbahn
A summer toboggan is an amusement or recreational ride which uses a bobsled-like sled or cart to run down a track usually built on the side of a hill. There are two main types: an Alpine coaster or mountain coaster is a type of roller coaster ...
and a play park are the tourist attractions of the village, in winter the main draws are the ski slopes and lifts on the
Zahmer Kaiser.
References
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Kufstein District